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This is what I use and won't buy anything else. You can find them at irrigation supply houses or I found this on Craig's list. You can purchase replacement blades for them and they are light but heavy duty. If the seller removes the post, it is a "Victor" brand model "VP-2000". Link - "http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/tls/4258151941.html"
Originally Posted by ryan1088 Isn't that the truth....... Aggravates me to no end. Hire some better help! Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2
Called a Wrap-Around ^^^
If you've got power then cheat - get a chop saw cheap somewhere! Always cuts straight and fast. When I don't have power I wrap paper around the pipe so its edges are flush then use a felt/pen to mark the circle. From there cut on the line (but not through the pipe) only on the side facing you and rotate the pipe to cut some more. usually takes me three or four complete rotations of the pipe before I cut all the way through. You get a very straight cut this way. Learned that from a plumber when we were installing 8" Sched 80 for a public pool circulation system. If you do it a lot then instead of paper you can get a special roll of impregnated/marked material from a plumbing supplier thats specifically for marking cuts around pipe.
A lennox hack saw and a sharpie can get you pretty far Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk
I have a klien. Works good for me. 1.5" and above I just use a sawzall a cutter would be cool thou. Maybe I'll look into the miluakee 18v
I have been using a Lowes Kobalt Brand, and so far they have cut great for the past year. Also on bigger pipe I use a sawzall, but I make sure and use a high tpi blade like a 24. Sean
Sawzall or a porta band.
I've used my DeWalt miter saw on some bigger plumbing jobs. Works great, but I don't think I want to lug it to the basement for a half dozen cuts for a vent and Combustion air piping. The tubing cutter works good, it is a different wheel and is slow. Sawzall or PVC saw and a couple twist of the reamer, deburrer works for me.
I use the Rigid for up to 1" and it cuts fast and square. Anything bigger and a sawzall with metal blade is the way I go
I have the Lenox R2's and they cut great. It's a spendy tool but it works good. http://www.lenoxtools.com/Pages/Prod...+TUBING+CUTTER Has anyone else noticed issues of using a pipe cutting on cold PVC? Seems to destroy the blade.
I had a Home Depot one that broke on one side and then cut straight. But it finally crapped out. I tried to break my other one in the same place without the same results. I only use them for up to 1 1/4. Everthing else is cut with a saw saw.
Is this the so called SAW SAW that Tech Rob was inquiring about. Originally Posted by hvacvegas Attachment 354801 and for the shavings: Attachment 354811
I have a tubing cutter with a deep blade I bought online, problem with it is seems to distort the roundness of the pipe, it does make clean straight cuts. I saw this tool online that is used to press the pipe into the fitting but I don't know how that would work in the ceiling , probably one of those things you need to use on a bench.
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I've seen a plumber use a large tubing cutter, not sure if it was a special pvc one or not. That could be another option. My 2"ratcheting cutter dosent cut straight either. I have had a few rigid ratcheting ones for up to 1 or 1 1/2 pipe and the blade always broke after a dozed cuts on schedule 40. So I stopped buying them. I found a brand I never heard of in a ceiling a year ago and it had been working great ever sence.
Attachment 354801 and for the shavings: Attachment 354811
Originally Posted by jnsrose My pvc cutters never cut straight. My Ridgid brand PVC cutter cuts straight, but they cost 3-4 times as much as the Home Cheapo ratcheting cutters.
Use the string technique to start a kerf in the pipe then use saw and follow kerf. You can also slip a coupling over the pipe to your mark then use it as a saw guide. HTH
Originally Posted by ryan1088 Isn't that the truth....... Aggravates me to no end. I cannot get a straight cut either, new blade or used. Thought I was just "special" (well maybe I am, but not because of this at least).
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